Toshiharu Mizutani - Akira (cut no. 1) Poster Prints Watercolor

Watercolor

Medium: Micron Ink on Arches Hotpress Paper

Artist: Sasha Schotzko-Harris

Medium: Polymer Clay

Artist: Cat JohnstonExhibition: SpecimensMedium: Paper

Toshiharu Mizutani - Akira (cut no. 1) Poster Prints WatercolorFor the opening of AKIRA the camera moves in on this aerial view of Tokyo and pans up from the bottom of the artwork. At about half way through the title 1988. 7. 16 TOKYO is superimposed on the background which marks both the beginning of the movie's plot and the date of the film's theatrical release in Japan. Centered in the shot, we see a cluster of skyscrapers, which is the Shinjuku subcenter of Tokyo. Something of mystic power explodes around